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By Michael Pavitt at the Don Carlos Leisure Resort and Spa in Marbella

Sunday, 11 November 2018

The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania have signed a partnership agreement with the European Olympic Committees (EOC) EU Office.

The agreement was signed during the two-day EOC General Assembly here.

Lithuania become the 13th National Olympic Committee (NOC) to have partnered with the EOC EU Office.

The office acts as the continental association's representative body to institutions in the European Union (EU).

They also seek to represent the interests of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at national, European and international level.

The EOC EU Office welcomed the agreement, claiming they were looking forward to cooperating on work involving EU policies and funding.

NOCs from Britain, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Italy and Luxembourg are among those to have partnered with the office.

The office now have a total of 29 partners, which includes both the IOC and EOC.

NOC of Lithuania signs the partnership agreement with the @EOCEUOffice. They are the 13th NOC to become our official partner and the 27th partner organisation overall. We are looking forward to the cooperation on the EU policies and funding topics! pic.twitter.com/MCxJxDOLjA

European Athletics, European Aquatics, the European Handball Federation, the European Volleyball Confederation and Rugby Europe are also among the bodies to have teamed up with the representative body.

It is claimed the office helps to identify, monitor and analyse subjects of relevance to sport at European level, as well as provide support for and promote the interests of its partners.

EOC members were encouraged at the Assembly by IOC President Thomas Bach to work with their Governments to ensure the "European Sport Model" is defended and respected in the EU.

About the author

Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2015, Michael Pavitt has covered a variety of international multi-sport events, including the Baku 2015 European Games, the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games and Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade. He also reported on the UCI Presidential election in Bergen in 2017, as well as attending the IOC Session in Lima and three ANOC General Assemblies.

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At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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